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SCARL". No. 303,824. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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GPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,824, dated August19, 1884,

Application filed Februar); 2t', 1854. (No model.)

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Ile it known that I, XVILLARD D. Dominus, of lVashington, in theDistrict of Columbia. have invented a new and useful Improvement iu NeckTies or Searls, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying`drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in neck-wear, andthe noveltyconsists in the construction and adaptation of part-s, as will be morefully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The essential object of the invention is not only to prevent that classof neck-wear which is ordinarily used with standing collars from ridingup the incline of the collar and c0vering or passing above the same, butalso to provide an attachment which will allow the tie or scarf to havemovement in the direction of the length of the collar and independentot' the attaching means. Loops have been proposed which operate over theband-button in the rear; but it is obvious that a sca-rf having such apermanent loop and adapted, say, to a Vfourteen-inch collar, would bedecidedly inappropriate in a collar of, say, seventeen inches, for thereason that it the loop registered with the button, the scarf (if ascarf were used) with the larger collar would be away from the center in`front.

lTies have been proposed in which a hole or loop has been arranged awayfrom the center and adapted to engage the rear button; but such devicesare only intended to give longer and shorter ends for convenience inconstructing the bow. It will be observed, however, that in none ofthese devices is any allowance made vfor the rear button to havelongitudinal move ment with relation to the tie, and that the point ofattachment in such devices is arbitrary. It is important to notice,further, that any deviation i'n the size of a collar, if a scarf isused, throws the loop to .one side or the other of thc rear button, andthat the action of the loop in such case exerts a constant torce tothrow the scarl' or tie away from the center in front.

Illy invention designsv a very simple and useful device, which isapplicable to any ordinary neclcwear, which may be used in relation tothe front or rear bandlnitton, and which serves with equal elliciencywith anr sized collar.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and iu which-` Figure l is a face view ofthe inside of a portion of a tie, showing my improven'ient; and Fig. 2is an inside view of a portion of a scarf, showing my device adapted toserve with the front band-button, rear bandbuttou, or both together.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the 65 portion of a tie or scarfwhich passes around the neck of the wearer, and B a cord secured ateither end to the inner surface of the tie or scarl' at a point abovethe longitudinal center. This cord is preferably designed to be about 7oone and one-half inch in length, and is secured to that portion of thetie A which comes adjacent to the rear button. rlhis cord is readilypassed under the said button, and serves throughout its entire lengthefficiently to hold 75 this portion of the tie in its proper relation tothe collar, and at the same time allow the longitudinal movement andadjustment of the tie in relation to the collar which is necessary tothe desired adjustment of the bow or scarl in front.

As seen in Fig. 2, the back of the scarl proper, as C, may be providedwith a similar arrangement to operate in connection with the frontbutton. In this latter case. the cord is 83 constructed, preferably, ofslightly-elastic material.

From the foregoing description the adaptation of the device for thepurposes set forth will be readily understood; but modifications indetails of construetion-as,for iusta-nce,sizc, hindfor quality of cord,and its position upon the tie-may be variedwithout departing from theprinciple or sacriiicing the advantages of this invention, the essentialfeatures of which are the adaptability of the cord to differentsizedcollars, audits uniform service for the desired purpose whatever itslocation in relation to the band-button.

lVhat I claim as new isl. A tie or scart' provided with a cord securedby its respective ends to the inner surface in a, piane longitudinalwith the tie, and button in rear, substantiztilya-s and for thepuradapted to serve with band-buttons in rear or pose set forth. 1c

front, substantially is set forth. This specification signed andwitnessed this 2. The scarf or tie herein described, consist- 29th dhyof February, 1884.

ing of the part A, having the cord B attached VILLARD D. DOREMUS. by itsrespective ends t0 the inner surface of fitnessesz said piu-t A, :mdiying iu the same longitudi- C.' S. DRURY,

nal plane, and adapted t0 serve With band C. L. ALEXANDER. y

